COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 22, 20 October 1917, Page 12

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES. Yesterday's quotations, for investment shares were as follow;— Bnyers. Sellers P. R. 4 £ a. d National Bank 5 6 0 S 10 0 Bank K.Z. (new) — 1711 0 N.Z. and KlTer Plato ... 116 0 — Well. Investment — 011 3 Well. Deposit 0 6 3 ■ — Ohristchurcli Gas (£5) ... 6 0 0 6 6 0 Well. Gas (£10) - '13 0 0 N.Z. Insurance 716 0 7 18 6 Huddart-Parker (ord.) ... 112 6 — Utimn K!earn 'pref.) ... 1 1 3 - Kaiapoi Woollen (0rd.)... — 612 6 Westport Coal 18 9 19 6 Westport-Stockton — 0 8 4 Colonial Sugar 23 0 0 23 12 6 Golden Bay Cement — 0 19 9 Manning and Oo — 3 11 0 Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington yestorday amounted to £M>3 Os. sd. SOUTHERN GSAIN MARKETS. . By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, October 19. The Board of Trade will meet merchants, millers, and farmers in conference next week to arrange matters in connection with the disposal and prices of tho new wheat crop. The oat market is. quieter, but oatshcaf chaff ie firm at lato rates. The potato market is qiiiot, and in view of the low prices offered for new business merchants are not purchasing beyond their requirements. For orders in hnnd the price is '47a. fd. to Mβ. at country stations, and there are not many offering aa growers appear to be indifferent whether they sell or not. THE METAL KAKKETS. (Bee. October 19, 10.15 p.m.) iuetralian-Kew Zealand Oeblu Association. London, October 18. Oopper.rSpot. £110 ss. per ton; three monthß, £110 Ss.; electrolytic, £123. Lead.—Spot, £30 10s. per ton; three months, £28 10s. Spelter.—Spot, £64 per ton; three months, Tin—Spot; £249 2s. 6d.; three months, £247 se. Silver, 42Jd. per ounce standard.